Updated at 10:23 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4 There may be more Douglas County residents living in flood-prone areas than once thought, and the county's leaders will soon consider whether to buy some of those residents’ homes to allow them to move to safer areas. The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday will discuss the possibility of buying out properties or changing floodplain maps in flood-prone areas around ...
When Matthew Liu, a Lawrence pianist, competed in the Midwest Chamber Ensemble’s youth concerto competition in the spring, he said he wasn’t nervous because he had performed in other competitions several times before. However, this time was different. He was an 11-year-old competing with musicians up to the age of 18, said Jessica Koebbe, director of the competition. “After hearing him perform and ...
In Kansas high school athletics, football was the cause of almost half of the reported concussions student athletes suffered last year, and those who played were almost twice as likely to suffer the brain injury than athletes in other sports. But Dr. Michael Rippee, a sports neurologist for the University of Kansas Health System, told the Journal-World he's not ready to lead athletes away from the ...
When students don’t have access to the internet at home, they can be at a distinct disadvantage to their peers. That’s why the Lawrence school district recently expanded its effort to provide internet hotspots that students can take home for personal use, said Julie Boyle, a spokeswoman for the school district. In recent years, the district has offered a limited number of internet hotspots — known as ...
A man was severely injured in a single-vehicle wreck in North Lawrence Friday afternoon. The wreck on North Third Street happened at about 3:20 p.m., Jenn Hethcoat, a spokeswoman for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, said in an email to the Journal-World. At the scene of the wreck, a Journal-World reporter saw a wrecked truck on the property of Advantage Metals Recycling, 1545 N. Third St. According to ...
Members of Lawrence High School’s choir want local residents to get a good night's sleep — and they want to raise some money in the process. The program will host a one-day mattress sale in September, with 30 mattress models on display for the public to try out and purchase. The sale has the added benefit of helping fund part of the choir’s planned trip to Memphis and Nashville next spring, said Dwayne ...